Who will win Euro 2008?

[matoski]

Spain exposed Russias poor defense something Sweden did not manage to do yesterday. Holland may very well expose them aswell.

We will see.

[matoski]

As i said, Germany came too strong for Portugal. Portugal is a one man team. Block Ronaldo, and they are lost in space.
I have a strong feeling that todays match Turkey vs Croatia will be 0:0, with penalty shootout to decide the winer.

[Kathrin]

bye bye Ronaldo, bye bye Portugal
Schweini is the nightmare of the portugueses

[PaulTheSoave]

German cheats!

I am surprised no one mentions the illegal 3rd goal made by Ballack. He clearly pushed the defender and gave himself an opportunity to score. This was a crucial moment as Portugal came back into the match. Its not the first time German football uses unsportsmanship. The dive (schwalbe) was invented there and even spread into Premier League football, became a worldwide football disease.

Fortunately in snooker, diving is not on! Unless you lauch yourself into the reds, while the other player is on a max!

[Wim]

Who needs Portugal or France when Holland is around ? The Netherlands - the Brasilians of Europe - are playing the most attractive football by far.
The magic 5 - Vandervaart, Sneyder, van Persy,Robben and Van Nistelrooy-
are making of Holland the most dangerous attacking team. Technically outstanding play and well organised. And I almost forgot to mention Van der Sar , De Jongh, Van bronckhorst, Jan klaas Huntelaar ...
And probably on the seventh day God created 'San Marco Van Basten'

[April madness]

Who needs Portugal or France when Holland is around ? The Netherlands - the Brasilians of Europe - are playing the most attractive football by far.
The magic 5 - Vandervaart, Sneyder, van Persy,Robben and Van Nistelrooy-
are making of Holland the most dangerous attacking team. Technically outstanding play and well organised. And I almost forgot to mention Van der Sar , De Jongh, Van bronckhorst, Jan klaas Huntelaar ...
And probably on the seventh day God created 'San Marco Van Basten'

Well organized attack and a black hole in defence... Otherwise all ok.

[PaulTheSoave]

Haha! I always have been a supporter of Holland and The Flanders being one country! . Winning the world cup, Tour de France, all the major cycle classics and having the best beers, food and restaurants in Europe!

Who needs Portugal or France when Holland is around ? The Netherlands - the Brasilians of Europe - are playing the most attractive football by far.
The magic 5 - Vandervaart, Sneyder, van Persy,Robben and Van Nistelrooy-
are making of Holland the most dangerous attacking team. Technically outstanding play and well organised. And I almost forgot to mention Van der Sar , De Jongh, Van bronckhorst, Jan klaas Huntelaar ...
And probably on the seventh day God created 'San Marco Van Basten'

[PaulTheSoave]

Stats! 1 goal against in 3 matches! Best defense in the first round! Or do you mean Van der Sar being the black hole and swallowing all balls?

Well organized attack and a black hole in defence... Otherwise all ok.

[Wim]

Stats! 1 goal against in 3 matches! Best defense in the first round! Or do you mean Van der Sar being the black hole and swallowing all balls?

Some do have problems reading figures hehe

[Kathrin]

he didn´t push him, I would call it "slightly touched"
Come on, the ref didn´t see it, so it´s fine. I guess no one would have mentioned it if it was a portuguese player pushing a german one. one of the portuguese clearly fouled a german player (don´t remember the names) and it wasn´t punished by the ref. so we´re even

I am surprised no one mentions the illegal 3rd goal made by Ballack. He clearly pushed the defender and gave himself an opportunity to score. This was a crucial moment as Portugal came back into the match. Its not the first time German football uses unsportsmanship. The dive (schwalbe) was invented there and even spread into Premier League football, became a worldwide football disease.

Fortunately in snooker, diving is not on! Unless you lauch yourself into the reds, while the other player is on a max!

[PaulTheSoave]

If you have watched snooker, many players call a foul on themselves when a ref did or could not spot the foul. its called sportmanship. Ballack intended on purpose to push to benefit from his deliberate foul and score. This is grove unsportmanship. And says enough of the attitude in the football game in general.

he didn´t push him, I would call it "slightly touched"
Come on, the ref didn´t see it, so it´s fine. I guess no one would have mentioned it if it was a portuguese player pushing a german one. one of the portuguese clearly fouled a german player (don´t remember the names) and it wasn´t punished by the ref. so we´re even

[April madness]

Stats! 1 goal against in 3 matches! Best defense in the first round! Or do you mean Van der Sar being the black hole and swallowing all balls?

The stats (and the performance) do tell Van der Sar is a great goalkeeper No, the black hole in a sense the defence is much worse than the attack. But on the other hand, I haven't seen good defence in any team in this championship, so I guess it's not only snooker that got more attacking style

I wonder if the semis will be Germany v Croatia and Holland v Italy again. It's quite ridiculous to have a possibility of repeating a group match before the final, IMO.

[PaulTheSoave]

yes, Its the uefa shambles. The format was changed just a couple of weeks before the tournament and has never happened before. And I guess the results will be opposite! Though Russia are a very good team, can proceed as well.

I wonder if the semis will be Germany v Croatia and Holland v Italy again. It's quite ridiculous to have a possibility of repeating a group match before the final, IMO.

[Kathrin]

if we meet Croatia again we will surely not make the same mistake twice. Maybe we should send our coach back to the stands again. Oh, correct me if I´m wrong, I think we took the dutch system this time, worked out well

[April madness]

Some do have problems reading figures hehe

And some have trouble understanding that my post wasn't about figures. Please refrain from useless remarks, will you? Thanks.